filling station
"filling-station" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“filling station” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles.
Corpus desk
Index EN-filling-station · filling station · English
filling station · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | filling station |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “filling station” in English
Rare enough to double-check
filling station is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles.".
filling station has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is filling station, spelled F-I-L-L-I-N-G- -S-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how filling station appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Here and there, under the porches of ruined filling stations, in the gaping doorways of office buildings, lie heaps of human bones.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.